reiki it was not

I'm stressing.

But I wandered to the gift shop in my building at my morning break anyhow, and participated in some retail therapy. I wandered through the little store and picked up cheap votive candles in burnt cinnamon and nutmeg scents, hand salve, peppermint oil (a strange liquid concoction by Burt's Bees that you drop onto your tongue to freshen your breath), and a few little glass ladybugs that were too cute to pass up. They made me think of the awesome beads randomdreams has been making.

I also bought a copy of Jennifer Government today, but I am not sure when I will get to it. I finally finished The Little Friend, and I feel sort of empty and annoyed by that.

Our company was chosen as Company of the Month or something by the overpriced health club on the lower level, so I went to the conference room where they'd set up shop, and got myself a free five minute chair massage that was just below average. I ache more now than I did before I got the massage. Either my stress eclipsed whatever work the woman did in those few minutes, or she pressed in just the right spots to keep me unbalanced, physically, the rest of the day.

There is something to be said for massage that treats both left and right sides equally in terms of muscle work and soothing. The free massage felt all over the place, and too gentle. I felt, even as I sat solidly in the chair, that my body was leaning and careening all over the place. My chakras and crap whined and wriggled out of place or something, and it was only with steady breathing that I managed to eke out any sort of immediate benefit from her nimble yet meek hands.

My feet hurt.

I have too much to do before next week.

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the little things I do must be some sort of progress, right?

Thanks, Jaybird!

Got this nifty little link:

http://www.trevorvanmeter.com/flyguy/

( spoilers )

Whee, that was really cool.